Jack Nicklaus used to write a personal note to each sponsor whose tournament he played, copying a practice from Arnold Palmer. That doesn’t happen anymore with today’s players. Nicklaus chastised today’s players for being overhandled and failing to speak for themselves. Tiger Woods, of course, speaks through his agent Mark Steinberg, who spoke to Jack […]

It’s not looking good for Jack Nicklaus’s tournament. First, Tiger Woods said he won’t play. Adam Scott decided not to as well. Well, now, Vijay Singh is out with a rib injury, and Ernie Els wrote on his website that he’s not playing next week. (More) That still does leave Phil Mickelson, and I think […]

Perhaps exorcising the demons from the US Open at Winged Foot, Phil Mickelson found himself on the 72nd hole tied for the lead with 2 others at the Colonial. His drive was hit perfectly — straight into the trees on the left, reminiscent of what happened to Lefty at Winged Foot. Phil just rolled his […]

Wow, this is a minor shocker: Tiger Woods announced that he will not be playing next week in the Memorial Tournament, the site of Jack Nicklaus’s tourney. Tiger’s still rehabbing from his knee surgery, but not playing next week means that he most likely won’t have any tournament under his belt before the U.S. Open […]